Mount Vernon vs Verona

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Vernon and Verona: population, income, housing, and more.

Mount Vernon and Verona are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Vernon has the higher population (4,532 vs 443 in Verona). Mount Vernon has the higher median household income ($49,153 vs $43,295 in Verona). Mount Vernon has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $85,200 in Verona).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Verona
Population	4,532	443
Median age	35.3 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,153	$43,295
Median home value	$175,000	$85,200
Median gross rent	$691	$906
Housing units	1,961	191
Homeownership rate	56.9%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Verona
Population	4,505 → 4,532 (+0.6%)	647 → 443 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$42,689 → $49,153 (+15.1%)	$28,633 → $43,295 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$106,400 → $175,000 (+64.5%)	$40,000 → $85,200 (+113.0%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $691 (+18.3%)	$492 → $906 (+84.1%)

Mount Vernon

Population

4,5054,532

Median household income

$42,689$49,153

Median home value

$106,400$175,000

Median gross rent

$584$691

Verona

Population

647443

Median household income

$28,633$43,295

Median home value

$40,000$85,200

Median gross rent

$492$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Verona
Under 5	7.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	24.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	7.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.0%
75 and over	11.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Verona
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	57.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Verona
No high school diploma	10.4%	39.6%
High school graduate	40.4%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Verona
Drove alone	69.6%	74.8%
Carpooled	16.8%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.8%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	8.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Verona
1-unit, detached	82.2%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Verona
Poverty rate	18.4%	25.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1978	1961